Gilley

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From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  gilley n. [Usenet] The unit of analogical {bogosity}. According to its
     originator, the standard for one gilley was "the act of bogotoficiously
     comparing the shutting down of 1000 machines for a day with the killing
     of one person". The milligilley has been found to suffice for most
     normal conversational exchanges.
  


  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  gilley
       
           ({Usenet}) The unit of analogical bogosity.
          According to its originator, the standard for one gilley was
          "the act of bogotoficiously comparing the shutting down of
          1000 machines for a day with the killing of one person".  The
          milligilley has been found to suffice for most normal
          conversational exchanges.
       
          (1995-03-17)